Travel and Tourism

“It leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller” a quote of Muhammad ibn Battuta about travelling. What an inspiration he is for anyone who loves to travel and explore places that are only heard of or picturized. The quote above is well enough for an avid traveler and tourist to go to places and explore new horizons.

Travel and tourism is a hobby that is existent since the birth of first human on this earth. Still to date there is a huge following for this hobby.

Advancement in Travel and Tourism

Aero plane – an advancement in travel

With the technological advancement, modern day travel and tourism is way more convenient then as in the past. Earlier, a travel by land was only possible on horses, camels, donkey, mules, etc. Whereas on water, it was done by boats. In modern day travel and tourism, we can cover distant places within a few hours on aero planes, vehicles and speed boats.

Scale of Tourism

Earlier tourism was confined to exploring and visiting new places. There were a limited number of manmade buildings or structures which were of object of a tourist radar. But now a day, tourism is more focused on either visiting any manmade chronicle like Great wall of China or exploring nature by eco-tourism and may be a mix of both these. In any modern tourist city, you may spend the whole time visiting man-made tourist attractions which has no connection to the nature. On the other hand, people may visit Amazon Jungle where they don’t have access to basic modern day facilities.

Travel around world Sites

Evolution of Modern Tourism

Marina Bay – Singapore

Although modernization has made human life easy and more convenient than life of a traditional society. But it has far more impact on eco balance and environment. People believe that modernization has ruin the eco balance. Now more advancement is sought to fix it up but eventually as we are getting advance day by day, we will never make it up. Nature will ultimately suffer from all these advancements. At the end, it is all about the creating a market where you can sell your services as per the consumer demands. Modern day tourism is in demand especially by Generation Z.  Therefore, market forces are working towards creating modern day wonders.

Traditional Tourism

Travel and tourism is a hobby that provides a safe haven for the people who spend their most time of life in concrete jungles. A form of traditional tourism is “village Tourism” whereby tourist have to leave luxuries of their modern life and enjoy time in nature. This is where you have to sacrifice most of the modern day facilities. Although these facilities may be counted as basic needs. But village tourism let you enjoy a beautiful natural life. Eco tourism is also one of the traditional tourist activity. Up to the place which is conserved for its exotic and natural environment, you may travel by modern means. Once you reach to the place of interest, you have to discard the modern means and travel either by foot or ride an animal. The intention of such tourism is to support the conservatory efforts and observe nature and wildlife.

Beautiful Landscape

Best Option for Travel and Tourism

It is debatable topic to choose between modern tourism or traditional tourism. Ultimately it is about choice and mood of the tourists and budget. Even at today’s time, you may plan at any budget and option. In order to assist you, there are several apps and websites which can walk you through to your particular choice of travel. They will finalize all the itinerary and facilities required for any travel and tourism option. Whereas if you are travelling with family and pets than you may to  consider a place where everyone can enjoy.

Explore the Earth but refrain from ruining the nature